Our research program explores the interaction between psychological and biological factors involved in psychological disorders and organic disease. Our program covers basic research in psychophysiology, emotion, and psychopathology, as well as applied fields in clinical psychology and behavioral medicine.

We study the role of acute and chronic psychosocial stress and emotions in the etiology, maintenance, and progression of disease processes. We use findings from basic research to develop and evaluate new treatment techniques for patients with anxiety disorders or psychosocial interventions that support the medical treatment of respiratory disease.

10/2012: Drs. Meuret and Ritz research is featured in the new edition of the Baylor Innovation magazine. The four page article (p.22-25) describes the program's new research findings on panic attacks and novel ways of treating panic disorder.
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9/2012: Thomas Ritz has been appointed as Associate Editor for Behavior Therapy, the journal of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, publishing research in behavioral science and therapy.

05/2012: The Schwab Charitable Funds awarded Dr. Meuret $20,000 from her ongoing investigations in anxiety disorder research.

05/2012: Congratulations to Vanessa Stevens for receiving the Hamilton Undergraduate Research Award

05/2012: Panic and anxiety research of Dr. Meuret featured in the June 2012 issue of Prevention magazine.
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3/2012: Congratulations to Ana Trueba for being awarded a Minority Initiative Travel Scholarship for Psychosomatic Medicine of the American Psychosomatic Society

2/2012: Congratulations to Ana Trueba for her Poster Award in Psychology at the Annual Research Day, Southern Methodist University

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